Southern New Hampshire UniversityIHP 430 3-1 Short Paper 09:01:27 GMT -05:00The two quality initiatives I chose to write about for my short paper arePay-for-performance incentives on quality and The Institute of Healthcare Improvement Quality. P4P is a payment model that provides financial incentives to hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers to carry out improvements and achieve quality care for patients.Pay-for-performance is used by many policy makers and private and public payers, including Medicare and Medicaid. This initiative improves healthcare organizations by using financial rewards to motivate employees to provide better and quality care to patients. When employees realize that meeting certain performance expectations can result in higher pay, it can help push them to work harder and set goals to achieve. Employees feel appreciated when they are acknowledged and rewarded for their accomplishments and this can improve work morale and productivity.The Institute for Healthcare Improvement Quality (IHI) is a private, non-profit organization that was founded in 1991 in order to improve health care worldwide by providing tools and various resources to partner organizations through training sessions, conferences, and advisory services. “The IHI Triple Aim framework serves as the foundation for optimizing health for individuals and populations by